John G. Bartlett

Contributions to the Discovery of Clostridium difficile Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea

Gorbach, Sherwood L.

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc, and Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts

Correspondence: Sherwood L. Gorbach, MD, Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, 150 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02111 ([email protected]).

Clinical Infectious Diseases 59(suppl_2):p S66-S70, September 15, 2014. | DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu419

In 1975 John Bartlett began trials investigating the problem of antibiotic-associated diarrhea and pseudomembranous colitis. His work led the discovery of Clostridium difficile and he identified it as the leading cause of hospital-associated infections.